Envy of Angels

Envy of Angels
Studio album by The Mutton Birds
Released 1996
Recorded Rockfield Studios
Label Virgin
Producer Hugh Jones
The Mutton Birds chronology
Nature
(1995)
Envy of Angels
(1996)
Angle of Entry
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Envy of Angels is an album released in 1996 by New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds. The title seems to be taken from "Puer Natus", a poem by New Zealand poet Mary Stanley.[2]

The recording sessions took place during the summer of 1996 at Rockfield studios near Monmouth, Wales. Whilst the album was being mixed by Hugh Jones in one studio, B sides and rare tracks were mixed and some new ones recorded in the other studio with Rockfield engineer/producer Paul Read. Some of these are available on the rarities collection Too Hard Basket.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Envy of Angels"
  2. "Straight to Your Head"
  3. "She's Been Talking"
  4. "Trouble with You"
  5. "April"
  6. "Like This Train"
  7. "Another Morning"
  8. "Ten Feet Tall"
  9. "Come Around"
  10. "Crooked Mile"
  11. "Along the Boundary"
  12. "While You Sleep"
  13. "Inside My Skin"

Bonus disc

This limited edition bonus disc featured acoustic performances of seven Mutton Birds songs.

  1. "Anchor Me"
  2. "The Heater"
  3. "In My Room"
  4. "April"
  5. "Another Morning"
  6. "When the Wind Comes Around"
  7. "Dominion Road"

Recording credits

Producer - Hugh Jones

Engineer - Paul Read

Engineer - Lee Butler

Mix Engineer - Helen Woodward

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "...not beautiful, / envy of angels, but feathered / for a bloody death." Cited in http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/authors/stanley/stockwell.asp Accessed 22 June 2010.